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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 1905
Page
6
The ad extols Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a spring tonic to renew blood and nerves, citing Mrs N Ferguson of Ashfield Nova Scotia and urging avoidance of purgatives. It claims the pills boost energy and health for men women and children and sells by mail from Brockville Ontario.
Mrs Whif fletree rejects comforting talk asking for a spirit or ghost while asserting her late husband Josh never possessed a spirit and signaling disbelief in revenant sightings.
The Auditor General’s report shows each MP receives forty five blue books in a session plus monthly Customs and Trade and Commerce statements, totaling sixty six. It notes three stages in MPs views toward blue books reverent irreverent and devout with the new member seeking respect but repelled by the formal tone and dense statistics.
A dairyman notes high care costs for keeping full blood bulls and warns there is little profit in using neighborhood service bulls. Bulls demand substantial effort and expense beyond what many farmers expect, especially when breeding grade cows to mixed stock.
In May 1904 the first Illinois internal revenue district collected taxes on 36 825 pounds of colored oleo and 1 340 800 pounds of uncolored oleo while issuing licenses to 28 oleo retailers. No taxes were paid on filled cheese. For the year ending June 30 1903 the district produced 80 424 230 pounds of oleo, about 42 percent of national production.
A dairyman who does not know a cow’s production cannot gauge profit from feed costs or decide if boarding her is worthwhile. The piece notes a cow’s company may be pleasant yet costly, implying production tracking is essential.
On a busy street, Chawley speaks with his tailor prompting a remark about debt. A bystander comments that the tailor’s lender was known, implying a substantial amount. The exchange underscores social tension over financial obligation in public.
Prof M A Gray chemist lectured on Foods and Food Products at the National History Society rooms Montreal. He spoke on wheat growth and flour purification by electricity noting improved whiteness and keeping qualities. Ogilvie Flour Mills Company was among the first to adopt the process in Canada.
An advertisement touts Baby's Own Tablets for children of all ages from newborns to teens, claiming quick relief for colic indigestion constipation teething troubles diarrhoea and simple fever. It guarantees no opiate or poisons and cites Mrs T Timlick of Pitts ton Ontario praising the remedy. Available from medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
The Great Northern Steamship Company enters a new era with the Minnesota and Dakota operating between Seattle and Yokohama Nagasaki Kobe Shanghai and Hong Kong. The two American built palatial vessels promise vast freight capacity and luxury passenger service boosting Orient trade and travel. The Minnesota sails on April 29 on its first voyage, carrying record cargo and an extensive passenger list.
A matinee benefit at the Manhattan Theatre drew about a dozen women before start. One ticketless woman demanded free admission claiming she keeps dogs and cats at the hospital. The doorkeeper warned she must leave or buy a ticket, joking that monkeys would not be admitted to a cat and dog hospital.
An advertisement extols Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills as the sole remedy to regulate bowels by curing liver torpor. It claims bile flow prevents constipation and lists endorsements from C F Immel and D C Holmes plus price and availability in Ontario through Edmanson Bates Co and Tor onto.
Lower Windsor New Brunswick special report features T H Belyea, the local postmaster, describing a lasting health recovery after years of kidney trouble. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with a complete cure two years ago and notes continued good health since. The piece endorses the remedy as effective against all stages of kidney disease.
A Scotch schoolmaster reads a rude slate on the blackboard and adds the word driver to turn a potential storm into a clever lesson. He keeps calm and wins the school with a religious closing prayer as usual.
The Canadian Pacific Railway will trial higher summer passenger service on western branches. A double daily run will operate on the Deloraine line between Winnipeg and Deloraine, with a morning and afternoon service. On the Edmonton line a daily train plus a triweekly afternoon service from Calgary and Edmonton will run three times a week. If profitable, more branch-line services may follow.
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